Rosales: The next game has to be good for us | Rosales: El próximo partido tiene que ser bueno para nosotros

After taking a loss at home, the Red-and-White will look to earn a positive result vs. Union

May 29, 2014

Olivia Cervantes

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After having 10 days off from Major League Soccer action, Chivas USA were looking to earn their third consecutive positive result in front of a home crowd as they hosted the Portland Timbers in a mid-week conference match at the StubHub Center. In their previous two games, the Goats were able to come out with four points on the road and were looking to translate that success at home.

Coming in with the same positive mentality, the Red-and-White squad faced a Timbers squad that recently earned a win at Red Bull Arena against the New York Red Bulls on Saturday. The first half of Wednesday night’s match finished scoreless, and was a balanced contest where the California squad had the clearer scoring opportunity.

Unfortunately for the Goats, they would not run with the same luck in the second half, as the visiting team scored two goals. The Red-and-White also saw themselves down a man after defender Bobby Burling’s red card in the 84th minute. After the game, midfielder Mauro Rosales spoke about the challenging match, but remained optimistic about the squad’s upcoming match.

“They were two goals that were scored on rapidly and perhaps we weren’t able to react,” Rosales said after the game. “The team continues growing; we’re very motivated to earn results here at home. To be able to win at home is an objective that we all have, a very important objective ahead of our next game against Philadelphia. That’s what we need and now we have to work hard these two or three days to be ready for the match against Philadelphia.”

With just two days away from their next match, Chivas USA will have to regroup and prepare for a struggling Philadelphia Union squad who will surely put up a fight to revert their recent streak. Rosales and the Red-and-White will return to training on Thursday morning and will have to forget about Wednesday’s result and focus on earning a positive result this Saturday against Philadelphia in front of a home crowd at the StubHub Center.

“We can’t do much about what happened,” the Argentine said. “We have to improve mentally in the sense that we have to be positive, to work with even more desire, to have the sufficient character to face what just happened and obviously look for a positive result in our next game.

“It’s all mental. Obviously we have to be positive and have character to face the next game. The next game has to be good for us, we have to get the win and that’s our goal and objective. Together with the rest of the guys, train hard, rest well, eat well and go into the next match with a lot of desire,” Rosales concluded.

Chivas USA will now close out their two-game homestand against the Union beginning at 7:30 p.m. (PT). The interconference showdown will mark the only meeting between the clubs during the regular season and will be televised on Time Warner Cable Deportes. Radio listeners can also catch the action on ESPN Deportes Radio KWKU 1220 AM. For more information follow the club on Twitter and Facebook.